European Leaders Aim to Slow Influx of Migrants

Plan draws criticism from some nations on transit route

BRUSSELS—Leaders of 11 nations in Central and Eastern Europe agreed on measures aimed at slowing the influx of migrants and supplying humanitarian aid to the thousands of people moving every day across the Continent.

The plan seeks to increase communication among governments on how many people are en route at any given time, register incoming migrants and supply tents, blankets and food as temperatures drop. Half a million people have arrived this year on what is a de facto migrant trail from Turkey on to Greece, Macedonia,...

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